You will never lose your value

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20.00 bill. In the room of 200, he asked,

"Who would like this $20 bill?"

Hands started going up.

He said, "I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.

He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill.

He then asked, "Who still wants it?"

Still the hands were up in the air.

Well, he replied, "What if I do this?"

And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.

He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty.

"Now, who still wants it?"

Still the hands went into the air.

My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson.

No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value.

It was still worth $20.

Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way.

We feel as though we are worthless.

But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value.

Dirty or clean, crumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who DO LOVE you.

The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE.

You are special- Don't EVER forget it."

Count your blessings, not your problems.

And remember: amateurs built the ark professionals built the Titanic.

Kat

You also have to fight some battles to keep your worth. When I tore my ACL, I lost abit of value, because it was hard to do anything. Ken Shamrock, a retired UFC figher, and the Worlds Most Dangerous Man, tore his ACL during a fight. Ken didn't stop. He kept on fighting, and fought on latter dates, with a torn ACL. That takes courage, and a raging inferno inside. I had surgery alittle over a year ago, and Im just starting to wrestle again. Some people thinks its still abit early, but I know it's been to long.

Luke Wolf said:

You also have to fight some battles to keep your worth. When I tore my ACL, I lost abit of value, because it was hard to do anything. Ken Shamrock, a retired UFC figher, and the Worlds Most Dangerous Man, tore his ACL during a fight. Ken didn't stop. He kept on fighting, and fought on latter dates, with a torn ACL. That takes courage, and a raging inferno inside. I had surgery alittle over a year ago, and Im just starting to wrestle again. Some people thinks its still abit early, but I know it's been to long.

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What is ACL?

You don't seem to understand... even the most broken and worn out person is as valuable as anyone else.

Kat

Luke Wolf said:

You also have to fight some battles to keep your worth. When I tore my ACL, I lost abit of value, because it was hard to do anything. Ken Shamrock, a retired UFC figher, and the Worlds Most Dangerous Man, tore his ACL during a fight. Ken didn't stop. He kept on fighting, and fought on latter dates, with a torn ACL. That takes courage, and a raging inferno inside. I had surgery alittle over a year ago, and Im just starting to wrestle again. Some people thinks its still abit early, but I know it's been to long.

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despite the fact that im a pacifist, i admit we all fight battles, but some of us fight with words as appose to fists

but the point remains the same

even when im tired and my brain has shut down and i cant make coherent sentances, i must sometimes still write on to further my cause

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I find that story shocking, because that story is exactly what came to me one day just when I needed it. It's funny how you find what you need if you keep your eyes open. I was on my way home from school walking to my house, and being rather observant, saw a penny on the ground. Totally beat up, almost dented out of recognition....the same idea came to me out of the blue. Interesting to think that other people have thought of the metaphor.

i admit we all fight battles, but some of us fight with words as appose to fists

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I was using that as an example. You have to fight the physical and mental pains and barriers.

What is ACL?

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The ACL (Anterior Cruciat Ligament), is a VERY important stabalizing ligament in the knee. When its torn, the upper part of your shin tends to go foward to far, causing an extreme amount of pain, and the knee will often give out. Imagine tring to walk when your getting hit in the back of the knee with a baseball bat. The truth is, anyone who has torn it will say that it does hurt almost that much. When it's actually torn hurts even more. Imagine a very sharp, very intense pain being shot not only through your leg, but your lower and most of your upper body.
Here are some links for more info.
http://my.webmd.com/hw/muscle_problems/hw124403.asp
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/83/97801.htm
When my doctor first told me I tore my Anterior Cruciate Ligament, or ACL, I gave him blank stare.
It is a battle to keep your value after something like that. The lost strength and abilities is very discouraging. Even after surgery, it still hurts to do many of the things I used to enjoy and be able to do very easily.

You may never lose your value, but some people are naturally worth more than others!

That must really suck Luke Wolf. May the force be with you.

That must really suck Luke Wolf. May the force be with you.

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It times I wonder if birth pains can even compare. Damn, I don't want to talk about it anymore cause it hurt to much.
But I am still battling. Im slowly winning. To keep fighting is the way to keep your value. To give up and throw in the towel is to lose your value.

And remember: amateurs built the ark professionals built the Titanic.

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And a false since of over-value sunk it.
I say, know your worth something, because you are, but don't think your worth to much.

This was a wonderful story IndigoChild. I really enjoyed it.

A great post IndigoChild; lovely morality too. My first instinct was to say "What, you mean that there is some validity in me, after all???" - but that is Gallows' humor - I don't have a high opinion of myself.........

I was riding my skateboard once, i fell off, and the full weight of my fall fell on one wrist, which pretty much snapped, i think. It hurt so bad, i was swearing under my breath till i got home, then i went to the hospital and got a cast put on. It hurt pretty bad, but from what you're describing, that must have hurt ten times worse.

TheJedi said:

I was riding my skateboard once, i fell off, and the full weight of my fall fell on one wrist, which pretty much snapped, i think. It hurt so bad, i was swearing under my breath till i got home, then i went to the hospital and got a cast put on. It hurt pretty bad, but from what you're describing, that must have hurt ten times worse.

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I think you posted that on the wrong thread!

IndigoChild said:

What is ACL?

You don't seem to understand... even the most broken and worn out person is as valuable as anyone else.

Kat

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Value isn't inherent. Value is something that is created. Thus, the people that created you will most likely value you no matter what you do, but to those people who did not create you (and are not associated with those who did) your value to them is almost entirely dependant upon your actions.

You create your own worth. All humans are different and are valued differently. To be mediocere, or less valuable to others, doesn't define your value to yourself. The people closest to you will value you no matter what you do, but to expect this is of strangers is absurd.

You are what you do. When you die, all that matters is what you have done, who you were, who you effected and what you changed. You delude yourself if you think that everyone is equally valuable in some universal way... only to our mothers are we even remotely all equally loved.

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Value isn't inherent. Value is something that is created.

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If you want to believe that, go ahead. But I find that to be a very sad thing to believe. True, some people can seem to squander their worth by devaluing themselves, but people ARE inherently valuable.

Jocose said:

Thus, the people that created you will most likely value you no matter what you do, but to those people who did not create you (and are not associated with those who did) your value to them is almost entirely dependant upon your actions.

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Problem with that is, people will judge you however they want, regardless of your actions. No one goes through life without making enemies. That's BECAUSE people devalue other people. If everyone started from the assumption that all peole are valuable, I think you'd see a complete turn around. Drugs, crime, suicide, and wars are all caused by a devaluing of human life, and would all disappear if people valued each other intrinsically.

Jocose said:

You create your own worth. All humans are different and are valued differently. To be mediocere, or less valuable to others, doesn't define your value to yourself. The people closest to you will value you no matter what you do, but to expect this is of strangers is absurd.

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No it's not. The real absurdity is that strangers don't value all humans intrinsically.

Jocose said:

You are what you do. When you die, all that matters is what you have done, who you were, who you effected and what you changed. You delude yourself if you think that everyone is equally valuable in some universal way... only to our mothers are we even remotely all equally loved.

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Ideally, yes.

All people are part of God. How can one be any more valuable than that?

Kat

No it's not. The real absurdity is that strangers don't value all humans intrinsically.

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Personally, I don't find much value in some lazy bum that finds all the wholes in the system to live off of people who bust thier *** all day. I really don't like the fact I put up with a bunch of BS at work, and knowing that some of my money is going to someone who will not work. I could really use every last cent from my gross income, but sadly, people who wont even try to get a job get a portion of it.

Luke Wolf said:

Personally, I don't find much value in some lazy bum that finds all the wholes in the system to live off of people who bust thier *** all day. I really don't like the fact I put up with a bunch of BS at work, and knowing that some of my money is going to someone who will not work. I could really use every last cent from my gross income, but sadly, people who wont even try to get a job get a portion of it.

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Just because they don't live up to their potential doesn't mean they're any less worthy.

Kat

It is not who you are, but what you do, that defines you. What a person does is what defines their value. All people have a value, but the value for all people is not the same. I concur with Jocose, a value is created, it is not inherent. Gandhi has a great value to the world, and especially in India, who he liberated from oppresive England. His actions are of great value, and so he, too, is of great value. But a person like a welfare queen, who will not get a job so she can get free money from the gov't, has not done anything of value, so she is not as valuable. That is my philosophy.

TheJedi said:

It is not who you are, but what you do, that defines you. What a person does is what defines their value. All people have a value, but the value for all people is not the same. I concur with Jocose, a value is created, it is not inherent. Gandhi has a great value to the world, and especially in India, who he liberated from oppresive England. His actions are of great value, and so he, too, is of great value. But a person like a welfare queen, who will not get a job so she can get free money from the gov't, has not done anything of value, so she is not as valuable. That is my philosophy.

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You're confusing people for being their minds and their bodies. People are more than that... they are their souls, as well, even if they don't listen to their souls. And their souls are part of God. You can't get any more worthy than that.

Kat

our souls are part of the Force, and so are our bodies. That does not make them special, or valuable. It just makes them a chunk of the Force. When we die, our souls lose this identity, and return to the Force, to be reused for another purpose, as do our bodies. When we are born, we have no inherent value, we are a formless piece of stone, ready to be shaped by what we do in this life. We can stay a formless piece of stone, or we can be chiseled into a beatiful sculpture, depending on our actions.